Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. John William Bilyew v. Gayle Franzen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 21, 1988No. 87-1081PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NOLAND, Senior District Judge.
The present appeal is the most recent chapter in the 13 year pilgrimage of John William Bilyew challenging the validity of his guilty plea in an Illinois state court to the offenses of murder and concealing a homicidal death. Such plea was entered on March 3, 1975 and the petitioner sentenced to consecutive terms of 50 to 100 and 1 to 3 years’ imprisonment. His conviction was ordered set aside by the Illinois Appellate Court, People v. Bilyew, 55 Ill.App.3d 69, 12 Ill.Dec. 781, 370 N.E.2d 585 (1977), but was reinstated by the Illinois Supreme Court. People v.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Maggio v. FulfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. Michael A. S. MakrisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- People v. BilyewIllinois Supreme Court · 1978
- United States ex rel. Bilyew v. FranzenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Willie Reynolds v. Larry Norris, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
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